I currently use Firefox and DuckDuckGo, but I’m thinking about getting a new browser and search engine. Are there any good recommendations. Privacy-focused is non-negotiable, and i would like it to be open source.

I have heard of Ecosia. How exactly do they work? If they truly do help the environment, like they claim, I may look into that. Is there any evidence? Looking into their privacy policy, it doesn’t seem too optimal.

    • shoki@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 day ago

      to be honest: i have no idea

      it could be perfectly safe; it could be very unsafe

      because of that i’m currently using startpage

      • kinda based in europe
      • iirc the company that owns it is american though
      • uses google’s search results ._.
      • doesn’t do any ai stuff iirc

      while trying to minimize my web searches by

      • typing in domains instead of searching for them
      • using bookmarks
      • using firefox search shortcuts to use a websites built-in search
      • using offline stuff
        • linux man pages
        • python help()
        • etc